Myriad Genetics, Inc. reported on March 26 that the United States Supreme Court remanded The Association for Molecular
Pathology, et al., v. Myriad Genetics, Inc., et al., No. 11-725, to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. The Federal
Circuit will now reconsider its July 29, 2011, decision, which upheld Myriad’s patents on two breast cancer genes –
known collectively as BRCA 1/2

On March 14, the one-year anniversary of Bei Bei Shuai’s imprisonment on attempted feticide and murder charges, attorney
Linda Pence notified media that Pence Hensel and attorneys from the National Advocates for Pregnant Women filed a petition
on March 9 for the Indiana Supreme Court to grant transfer in the case.

The final lawsuit in a multi-district litigation case involving Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) claims against
Indiana-based Zimmer Holdings has been resolved, with U.S. Judge Sarah Evans Barker in the Southern District of Indiana dismissing
with prejudice the suit against the company on Dec. 23.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration previously announced it would begin enforcing fall protection plans for
residential contractors as of Oct. 1 this year. However, on Sept. 29, Jeffry Carter, deputy commissioner of labor for Indiana
OSHA, issued a memo that said federal OSHA administrators decided to push back enforcement to March 15, 2012.

In an order released Sept. 14, the Indiana Supreme Court detailed the process for obtaining bulk distribution of and remote
access to the records of Indiana courts using the Odyssey case management system, which is gradually connecting all of Indiana’s
trial courts.

On Sept. 14, results of the inaugural Civic Health Index were released to the public. The data shows that while Indiana is
on-par with national standards in volunteerism, the state’s voter turnout and registration are among the lowest in the
country.

Almost a year after the Indiana Court of Appeals significantly slashed a $42.4 million damages award against the state, the
Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments Sept. 8 on whether past and present employees can recover back pay and how much should
be awarded.

Hammond City Judge Jeffrey A. Harkin denies that he did anything wrong in operating what may be a long-established but illegal
traffic school deferral program and dismissing cases without assessing required fees. He also contends that he did not try
to dissuade one litigant from contesting a seatbelt violation in court.

When the Supreme Court of the United States returns for its new term beginning in October, Indiana will likely learn whether
the high court will hear a case relating to a stun-belt restraint used here during a convicted murder’s trial.

The Indiana Court of Appeals heard arguments July 13 in the post-conviction relief case of a woman convicted of intentionally
setting a fire that killed her young son, leading to what she says was a wrongful conviction and imprisonment 15 years ago.

The Indiana Supreme Court is being asked to revisit a ruling on a person’s right to resist illegal law enforcement entry
into one’s home, and 71 state legislators have signed an amicus curiae brief asking the justices to narrow their decision.

Clark Circuit and Superior judges have filed lawsuits against county officials over proposed budget cuts, restarting the kind
of litigation that four years ago led to the Indiana Supreme Court’s urging that trial judges work with and share in
the financial decision-making process rather than resorting to judicial mandates.

The National Immigration Law Center, American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, and the national ACLU Foundation Immigrants’
Rights Project filed a class action lawsuit May 25 challenging the wording of a new Indiana law designed to curb illegal immigration.

U.S. Judge Philip Simon in the Northern District of Indiana rejected a plea agreement on April 27 for former physician Mark
Weinberger, who faces at least 22 criminal counts of billing insurers and patients for procedures he didn’t perform.